HamCo Early Vote Data Is Postivie for Democrats

HamCo Ohio Early Vote Data thorugh 10/23/2026 compared Apples to Apples* with 2022 shows an overall increase of 23.53% with Dems outpacing Republicans Signifincantly: 

Data is from the Hamilton County BOE

This data is of course not conclusive of anything.  These are not vote totals, just the number of ballots cast. The data does indicate that Democratic voter enthusiasm is strong.  It could, empahsis on could, be a sign that Democratic voter turnout in HamCo is increased more than Republicans.  As I said before, this is not a certaintity.  There could be a shift in how Dems are voting and Republicans could still increase voting day turnout as well. Don't forget, this is only one county in Ohio, so this where is clearer news is for local races, espeically for the HamCo Commission race and the wide nubmer of Court positions on the ballot.

*Apples to Apples in this case means adding 1 additional full day of in person voting to the 2022 number to match the number of in person early voting days so far in 2026. This makes the increase smaller, but refelcts a better comparison as voting starting earlier in 2026, but ends 1 day eailer. No adjustment was made to the returned mail vote totals as the comparison is compatable.

The MidTerms Matter, Vote for Democary or You are the Fool

I am still here! Well, “here” is a debatable term, none-the-less I am writing a short blog post about the MidTerm Election. It matters to Cincinnati who wins. We need a functioning government and we don’t have one at the Federal level and if a Republican returns to the Ohio governorship, we’ll be nonfunctional in Ohio as well. The only way we get at least part the government functioning at a basic level is by electing the Democratic candidates.

Yes, the only way to support a functional democratic government in Ohio and across the United States is by voting for Democrats. Top to bottom. Every race, figure out who the Democrats are and vote for them. I do not care if you are pissed about some fucking cause or issue. Swallow you crap and vote out the Republicans. Democracy is at stake. 

The Republcian Party is mostly responsible for Trump and 100% reponsible for letting him act without doing their offical duty as they hold power in the other branches of the Federal Government.  The Republican Party must be held accountable for what it has done and will continue to do. Top to Bottom.  There is no escaping it.  There is no one running for elected office NOW as a Republican who is not complicit with the Trump Regigme. Let me reiterate: EVERY REPUBLICAN RUNNING FOR OFFICE IS COMPLICIT WITH THE TRUMP REGIME.

Yes, if you voted for Trump at any point (especially in 2024) you are a fucking fool.  You can now vote to oppose fascism and vote for the Demoratic candidate.

Yes, if you are a whining DSA activist that thinks the world will change if you hold your breath like a child, you are a fucking fool. You can now vote to oppose fascism and vote for the Demoratic candidate.

If you are offended becuase I called you a fucking fool, I don't care about you feelings.  I care about maintaining a democracy in the United States.  The ONLY way to do that is by voting for Democats in the MidTerms. No, there is no other option.

Once we rid ourselves of Trump, we can get out the knives and go at it.  The fucking fools will have more to answer for than those who voted against Trump and did not attack his enemies out of spite. Until then, if you support Democracy, vote for the Democrat. If you can't do that, then don't vote for the Republican and don't support a third party if a Democrat is running, that is just back handed Republican support.  Be a grown up and do what must be done.

Observations of the 2025 Cincinnati Election Cycle - Democratic Party Domination Edition

The 2025 Cincinnati Elections were historic dominating victories for the Democratic Party.  The wins came in the City Council and Mayoral races.  I must admit I was astonished by the Council election massive victory.  Let me just repeat that: MASSIVE VICTORY.  Based on the unofficial final results the 10th place finisher, Republican Liz Keating, was 9,163 votes away from a seat on council.  That is far greater than both 2021 and 2023.  It is 2.4 times greater than the largest victory since 1989 (which was in 2023 when Keating lost previously.)

The 11th place loser, Republican Chris Smitherman, was far worse. He was 16,194 votes behind the 9th place Democratic winner, Ryan James. Smitherman phoned in his campaign and tried to rely on name recognition and quiet Republican donations.  Smitherman was beat in most of the predominantly black neighborhoods by former council member Laketa Cole who finished 12th.  The only reason Smitherman did better than Charter endorsed Cole was because he got Republican support.

I hope this marks the end of Smitherman's political hopes in the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.  He has been soundly defeated and his Trumpist views and supporters certainly have destroyed the support he thought he still had.

Smitherman fell victim to two things: 1) a foolish belief that Cincinnati is the same as it was in 2013-2017 and 2) an arrogance fueled ego. The latter is one of his many flaws, but the foolish belief about Cincinnati was shared by many, many Republicans, Charterites, and Moderates.  They still think that West Price Hill and Westwood have some hidden Republican gold plated votes that could be driven out if just the right levels of fear, panic, and racism were floated into the news media.

The way that both the Republicans and the Charter Party pushed the false stories about crime in Cincinnati was despicable. Video footage of white people being assaulted by black people got the racist views of suburban and rural zealots out into social media from all over the Tri-State area and nationally.  I still enjoying thinking about how many ignorant dolts thought they could vote for Mayor of Cincinnati while living in Green Township or Butler County.

Cincinnati's local news media continues to show it does not serve the community. Drama and conflict drove much of the coverage of the election, so any time they can get a national audience, they fluffed up the story to get more eyeballs.  Additionally, I feel there is a clear bias against the local Democratic Party.  There are those with ideological biases, but that is not the core failure that occurred.  The first failure was in how local media was manipulated by the Republicans and Charterites.  The media allowed itself to be suckered into a small group of NIMBYs in Hyde Park that were organized and funded, but did not represent big groups.  This was obviously after the Mayoral Primary in May, but they continued to allow the group, a political front for Republicans and their Charter Party Proxies, to have an elevated status with automatic access to coverage and time.  This was reused over the summer as Republicans/Charter were able to get news articles pushing their agenda published repeatedly.  All the while, the Dems were painted as the problem, without equal access and treatment.

The other main failure of the local media is in the desire to have non-Democrats on City Council. There are members of the local media who are bored and were hoping one or two non-Dems were elected and provide opportunities for Grandstanding and conflict to arise. This comes in the form of the accepted opinion within the media that one party government is bad and should not occur.  They will spout this opinion, presented as fact, all the while ignoring the super majority of Republicans running the State of Ohio. This is on top of the varied other cities, villages, townships and other counties that have and have had Republican single party governments for decades.  For Cincinnati it is somehow bad and worth pontificating on, but when Republicans do it, we don't get a peep about it. This is the same type of bias against Democrats on a national level. Democrats are expected to live up to altruistic ideals while Republicans break laws, ethics, and every norm established, but are not expected to be good, so we get a shrug.  This attitude runs down to local politics as well.

Another fact that every member of media knew: Corey Bowman was NEVER a serious candidate for Mayor, but we were treated to him as a credible candidate for months.  Only at the end of the campaign did we get coverage of his business tax problems. The magical story about an alleged shooting of a window at his church which with a wave a wand and little hocus pocus vanished from the discourse without any follow-up story with the campaign answering questions about the clearly fishy story.

It was also very disappointing to see more than one local opinion writer shrug off this monumental Dem win as just a reaction to Trump.  That is more bias.  Keating and Smitherman lost big time, so the reason they picked was Trump.  The Democratic Party worked hard.  Local people voted against the Republican Party and what the Republican candidates were doing.  Keating and Smitherman both were falsely overstating crime as the center of a panic and fear platform.  There were no substantive issues they professed in their last minute opportunity to exploit crime campaigns. There ONLY issue was to be against the Democratic Party.  They were playing to the worst of the Republican/Conservative mindset, but they get a pass because they are liked by the local media. I don't know what they will tell those who want to get into power in the City at this point.  I fear it will be to just follow along with a Trump brand Fascism that will get pushed by a Republican Governor that will seek revenge on Cites that do not bend the knee to the Republican's and their minions.

Speaking of minions, I am going to close out this blog post with a giant FUCK YOU to John Cranley and his action against the Cincinnati Democratic Party with his support of Chris Smitherman.  Cranley should be ashamed for supporting the Republican. I hope Cranley remains in the private sector and if he wants to jump ship to the Trump Party, I do not think he will be missed.

Cincinnati Election Day is Here

 The polls open soon and I am up bright and early.  I will be pulling live turnout data from the Hamilton County BOE website today and parsing the City proper rates throughout the day.

If you want to do this your self, you can do so here.

Early look indicates a higher Absentee/Early vote turnout as compared to 2021.  Nothing will approach turnout in 2023, which was fuel by the abortion ballot issue that year.  Final turnout in 2021 was just under 25%.  The increase in Absentee/Early vote is noticeable, 7.08% this year, with more to come, vs 6.18% in 2021. If you use the straight increase rate, then turnout could be 28.5% this year. I would expect that the increase will not be that high.  Early votes totals are fickle and only one indication of turnout.

Observations of the 2025 Cincinnati Election Cycle - Pre-Election Edition

We are in the home stretch of the City of Cincinnati Mayoral and Council elections. I have some observations that I have made and figured I share. No Earth shattering news at this point, which is what I expected and unless you are a fool that is what you should have expect too.

1. The Mayoral Election is not in doubt. This is most clear when the Republican challenger put his home up for sale and changed the mailing address to a Downtown apartment. I would be surprised to find out that the candidate’s wife and kids live there. I instead suspect they are living somewhere else, outside of the City, and the Republican candidate will join them officially after the election is over.
2. The City Council race for control of council is still nearly a lock for the Democratic Party. The only question is will they win 6, 7,8, or 9 seats. Depending on the number of seats that means how many non-Democrats will be in the mix for the 2026 Charlie Winburn Grandstander of the Year award. That contest will be a hot one, depending on who gets elected.
3. The local news media is just terrible. They could not have done much more to create drama and controversy during this election cycle. Republicans put bait in the water and they bit HARD and decided to become fishers of drama themselves. It is embarrassing to anyone who is involved in journalism. Drama is not journalism, drama is entertainment. The local news media took this concept over the edge this cycle and allowed that drama to be a political tool for Republicans and their proxies. Crime exists, but it is not significantly different than it has been the last few years. There is not a "Crisis" here and saying that is a total lie (yes, Liz Keating is lying on her commercials.) Local media allowed lies to be told about the City and they should be ashamed. They unfortunately do not care about facts, just appeasing their suburban/rural audience and the Republican Party. We did not get any discussion about issues that could (or will) be addressed by the next City Council. We just got entertainment all summer right up to this week's regurgitation of the summer's entertainment. Social media is not a good source for the news media, but since they don't bother gathering news (beyond checking their inbox and DM notifications), we get tripe.
4. People are so incredibly ignorant about politics and basic government structure. There are people that live outside the City of Cincinnati and outside of Hamilton County that think they can vote for Cincinnati Mayor.  There are also people that think a Trumpist candidate can win in the City of Cincinnati.  These people should not be making public comments anywhere.  It is a waste of their time, but more importantly a waste for anyone who read those comments.

So, Tuesday will come.  The "Flop" of Absentee/Early votes on election night will be the only interesting part of the election as it will give you the spin on how different Absentee/Early votes are from Election Day votes.  As it stands now, over 13,000 people have voted in the city as of Friday.  Saturday and Sunday have early voting and that is it, beyond the additional absentee votes.  Speaking of absentee votes, JD Vance and his wife did request absentee ballots this election, unlike the Mayoral Primary where Vance skipped voting for his Half-brother.  As of 10/31/2025 their ballots had not been counted as voted.  They still have a few more days for the mail to come in. I expect they will be returned, but I will laugh heartily if they don't vote all.

Cincinnati City Council Election: August 2025 Update

The field of candidates for the Cincinnati City Council Election is set and I am taken aback by the number of local journalists who are desperate for a competitive race. The desire for entraining political content is what masquerades as political journalism a quarter of the way into the 21st Century.

This month we had some prior Republican members of council jump in to the race with the hopes that the manufactured national outrage driving Republican suburbanites to voice their irrational fears will get them elected. 

I am not surprised that Chris Smitherman jumped at the chance to exploit both easily panicked white people and Black voters who are unwilling to see Chris as the Republican he is, no matter how much he denies it.  The Hamilton County Republican Party practically begged him to run as a Republican, but instead Smitherman will run deceitfully as a hidden Republican.  Local media will let him get away with it.  The Business Courier's Chris Wetterich knows better, but will insist that Smitherman is an "Independent" for reasons that are not supportable by logic or reason.

I am disappointed that Liz Keating chose to jump on the Republican band wagon to try and ride the fearful Republicans and find a way to sneak back onto Council.  Since she has sought and earned an endorsement by the Republican Party in 2025, Keating is now a Trumpist.  She has been publicly silent on Trump and his fascist actions.  Now she is running with the full support of Trump's political party.  That means she lacks basic honor and dignity.  No human being can run as an endorsed Republican and be seen as honorable without taking steps that would get them kicked out their party for being disloyal to Trump.  That means she won't take those steps to avoid being a Trumpist.  She could have made a bargain, like Steve Goodin and Smitherman, to quietly get Republican support, but instead she appears to want to carry Trump's water. That is a shame that she lacks courage to denounce Trump publicly. Power matters more than honor to Keating, so she who is silent will be understood to consent to Trumpism.

Looking ahead to November, here is my analysis of the election.  It settles around three scenarios:

1. Democrats Win All Nine: This would be a repeat of the 2023 election.  That election had a significantly higher turnout than most City elections and the Democratic Party showed it's muscles. With only Ten candidates, it should have been fairly easy for Liz Keating to win reelection. She was significantly behind ninth place. Of my three outcomes I think this one is the least likely to happen this year, but if Dems can get a bigger turnout than I would expect, maybe 30% or more rather than the 25% in 2021, then it would be much more likely.

2. Democrats Win Eight: This would be a replay of the 2021 election. The 2021 election was not a high turnout election.  It had a large number of candidates, like this year. It had multiple previous elected council members running and other candidates with name recognition, like this year. That election also had three things that allowed Liz Keating to sneak on: 1) One bad Dem candidate, 2) Keating was a well liked appointed incumbent, and 3) a progressive candidate with a following that was pissed off that the progressive candidate did not get the Dem endorsement over the bad Dem candidate.  All three of these happening lead to Keating getting the lone non-Dem stop on Council in 2021. The three items are not present this year, so it will take something else.  The main possible ways would simply be turnout of Dems falling and moderates doing a wider level of strategic voting. This has many variations that could see 1 non-Dem candidate getting on.

3.Democrats Lose Two or Three Seats: The only way this happens is if Democratic turnout is very low and moderate/Republican turnout is up.  Additionally, Dems would need to either split votes just right to put out some of their endorsees. Moderate/Republican voting would also need to be "strategic."  They can't vote for five or more (let alone a full ticket) as that will dilute the vote for the two or three.  The In-The-Mix voters below would be the most likely group to get enough support to be amongst the two or three.

That's it, those are only three outcomes I can see occurring. I don't think Democrats will win less than six seats on Cincinnati City Council. The media and Republicans and Charter Party loyalists will pretend that possibility is the same as probability. The reality is that Democrats have a clear advantage within the City of Cincinnati and the Drama that will get the attention will be from a few candidates fighting over the scraps that the Democratic Party Voters leave behind. It is just as possible that Cole/Prophett get on as Keating/Smitherman. The small number of seats in play will be about turnout and about voting habits.  I see City Council voters in four groups: 1) Full Ticket voters [Nine], 2) Tall Ticket voters [Six to Eight], 3) Short Ticket voters [Two-Five], and 4) Bullet voters [One]. The average number of votes per ballot in 2023 was about 5.  In 2021 it was about 7.  If it stays at 7 (or rises) the circumstances for Dems losing one or less seats increases. More Short Ticket voting means more chances to blunt the Dem's Full Ticket sword.

The only question left for November is how much of a circus the Republicans will make of this election, with the full cooperation of the news media. The circus will not have significant effect on the election results, but will add to the discontent of the community.  Republicans have demonstrated that power is their goal, not community working together.

At this point, I am unsure if there will be enough new things to warrant another update to the election prior to November 4th.  Be sure to check out the HamCo BOE election schedule which has the voter registration deadline and the dates for early voting.

Democratic Endorsed Candidates
Anna Albi (D*‡)
Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney (D*‡)
Jeff Cramerding (D*‡)
Mark Jeffreys (D*‡)
Meeka Owens (D*)
Scotty Johnson (D*‡
Seth Walsh (D*‡)
Evan Nolan (D*‡)
Ryan James (D‡)

Other Candidates In-the-Mix
Aaron Weiner (C‡)
Laketa Cole (C‡)
Raffel Prophett (I‡)
Christopher Smitherman (R?‡)
Liz Keating (R,C?‡)

Other Endorsed Candidates
Steven Goodin (C‡)
Donald Driehaus (C‡)
Dale Mallory (I‡)
Dawn Johnson (C‡)
Linda Matthews (R‡)
Gary Favors (R‡)

Other Candidates Running
Audricia Brooks (I‡)
Donald Washington (I‡)
Jerry Corbett (I‡)
Kevin Farmer (I‡)
Brandon Nixon (I‡)
Stephan Pryor (I‡)
Gwen Summers (I-Write-In)

If there are other social media or full websites I didn't list for a candidate or there are updates to the one listed, please send me updates: (editor@cincyblog.com).

The party designations at this time are what I've seen reported or what I've determined based on my observations. These notations do not mean the candidate is endorsed by any political party or group.

Key
* = Incumbent
‡ = On Ballot (Petitions Sufficient)
D= Democratic Party
R= Republican Party
C= Charter Committee (aka Charter Party)
I= Independent
?= I am speculating based on my reading of the information and observations available to me.

Cincinnati City Council Election: July 2025 Update

In the Summer my motivation to write about politics does not normally find a good footing. I was not sure that I was going to even write an update for July. This month made something clear to me. I have been observing and writing about Cincinnati Politics for a long time, over twenty years. There are not many politicians that I find more repulsive than Steve Goodin. I mean there are far worse human beings that has been involved in Cincinnati Politics than Goodin, but as far as being a Politician, Goodin is amongst the most dastardly I have seen run. Give him a mustache he could twirl and he would personify the cartoon character Dick Dastardly.

As I have commented before, the Charter Committee is dead and Goodin, like a straight-to-video Dr. Frankenstein, has hooked up the remains of Charter to the battery of a rusty 1988 Chevy Cavalier with GOP stenciled on the side. What has been reborn is the Charter Party and it is just recycled Republicanism. Steve must be nostalgic for the 20th Century Republican Party as he leads his party down the tropes that harken back to second and third wave white flight. Over the weekend videos of an incident outside of a club drew national attention amongst Republicans, Conservative media, and local news outlets looking for clickbait. This manufactured outrage is what I consider a modern day lynch mob. Republicans perceive black on white crime and Vance's half brother needs better fundraising from the fascist crowd and we get viral bullshit. Charter Party's Facebook page was quick to post on it:

This reads like Republican anti-City dogma from 2001. I would have expected suburbanites like Chris Monzel,  Pat DeWine, Brad Wenstrup, any one of hacks from COAST, or talk radio circus clown Willie Cunningham to push this type of crap, not Charter.  This tripe is disgusting.  There is no transparency to it, it is just Goodin pulling out the typical Republican anti-city dogma.  Fearing Downtown because black people live there is the undertone.  He'll scream bloody murder for me pointing out the obvious, but that is what has driven the attention to this crime, racism. That is why it got national attention: White people were perceived to have been hurt by black people.  Republicans from all over the Suburban and Exurban and Rural parts of  the metro area jumped on the story - after been lead there by the Conservative news media the racially charged algorithms. 

Who saw the opportunity to ride wave of negative publicity? Republican Steve Goodin took hold and lead his new Charter Party into the Republican cave of racial tropes.  It must be 1994 or 2001 in Steve's mind. More cops is the answer that rings out from scared suburban Local TV news watchers who can't tell where a crime story took place, but when it says Local 12 on the Facebook account they assume the headline they read is local.

Charter Committee didn't run campaigns based on fear of the City. That is what Republicans have been doing for at least 50 years. That is what Goodin is doing and will drag down the other Charter candidates.

Goodin should also be questioned on the bad ethical position he created. All Spring he has been running Charter like a Republican political clone of NIMBY fanatics and "then suddenly" chose to run for City Council himself. He had control over a political party, using its resources to build up himself, and then runs for office, presumably still leading the party.  How will being in charge of Party work with the four other candidates that he will be competing with? Who controls the Party money? Seems like a HUGE conflict of interest.  No one can ethically lead/run the party and be its candidate at the same time. It is wrong and he should remove himself from a leadership position, immediately.  He's brought in enough other Republicans to take over that he shouldn't even after worry about the old Charter Committee and its dignity coming back.

I think Goodin hopes to use the other four candidates to build himself up and thinks he can sneak on council like Liz Keating managed in 2021. He forgets that Michelle Dillingham and the internal Dem displeasure of many progressives that she did not get a Dem endorsement (A wise choice by the Dems) is what got Keating elected.  There is little likelihood of a repeat of that sentiment, no matter how much a few might claim otherwise. 

Just two years ago he ran for county wide office as a blood thirsty Republican. He ran a negative campaign and lost big time. He ran as a full throated Conservative post January 6th, 2021 ballot identified Republican.  Goodin is member of the Party of Trump. He has not as far as I know EVER denounced or even publicly criticized Trump. Until he does so the only conclusion to make is that he is a Trump supporter, like any good stooge Republican would be.

The bait and switch in this election will come after Goodin gets on the ballot (assuming he gets it done) and then the Hamilton County Republican Party cross endorses him and he can get the big Republican Chris Bortz Indian Hill money. Bortz has become a big donor to Trumpist Republicans.  I don't know when Bortz went over to the fascists, but he jumped in with big money donations, willingly, as he maxed out on the Primary to Vance's half brother in the mayor's race.

So, if you are someone out there who used to like the Charter Committee, remember, that Charter is dead.  Charter Party is what is here now it is a Republican NIMBY clone that goes against nearly everything Charter used to stand for.

On a side note: Steve also went to the length of blocking my Cincinnati Blog Facebook page from viewing the Charter Facebook page. I've been blocked by people before and I block people as well, for cause.  This blog post is the most critical I've been on Goodin and Charter to date. I don't get why he would do that, but it fairly petty and pointless to block me. I guess he does not like critical comments and didn't want to keep having to delete mine. Oh, well, Charter Party is no longer about Transparency, so why bother being open to the public at all?

Next month petitions are due.  There is still not much to shake up the race. Charter Party is so late to the game. They do not have strong candidates and Charter has a weak organization.  I guess they could try and get Republicans to support them, but the other four Charter Party candidates are not big in Republican circles.  I think Republican Party might endorse one or two more, beyond Goodin, but they will not be strong candidates at all.

By the end of August the candidates who will be on the ballot should be set. I hope the circus from this weekend got as much of that nonsense out of the election's system. The local news media should be embarrassed by giving it as much attention as it did, but tabloid clickbait is number one choice of local news.  

Here are the current listing of candidates.  22 or 23 candidates would be a likely number to get on the ballot. Any one else who gets on are set up to be more also ran candidates.

Democratic Endorsees
Anna Albi (D)‡
Jeff Cramerding (D)‡
Mark Jeffreys (D)‡
Scotty Johnson (D)‡
Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney (D)‡
Meeka Owens (D)‡
Seth Walsh (D)‡
Ryan James (D)‡
Evan Nolan (D)‡

Other Candidates with Organized Campaigns
Laketa Cole (C)‡
Donald Driehaus (C)
Steven Goodin (R,C)
Dawn Johnson (C)
Sol Kersey (DSA)
Raffel Prophett (D)‡
Aaron Weiner (C)‡

Other Candidates with Prior History or on the Ballot

Audricia Brooks (I)‡
Thomas Chandler (R)
Jerry Corbett (I)‡
Kevin Farmer (R)‡
Gary Favors (R) ‡
Linda Matthews (R)
William Moore (I)
Michael Patton (R)
Donald Washington (I)‡

Took Out Petitions (Running?)

Sheila Andrews (I)
LeTecia Cunningham (I)
Autumn Hall (I)
Ryan Holbrook (I)
Travis Johnson (I)
John Maher (I)
Ned Measel (I)
Brandon Nixon (R)
Benjamin Press (I)
Stephan Pryor (I)
Tyrone Roberson (I)
Bart Rosenberg (I)
Gwen Summers (I)
Quentin Taylor (I)
Ozie Davis III (I)
Dale Mallory (I)


Sharetha Collier (I) is also listed as having taken out petitions, but the address listed is in Woodlawn, outside of the City Limits. Additionally the person who has been registered to vote with the same name/address is no longer listed under that name on Hamilton County's voter registration list I have as July 19,2025. I will monitor the list to see if anything changes.

As always:  If anyone has any other names please send them my way (editor@cincyblog.com) or if anyone named above wants to confirm they are not running, I'll remove them from future postings of this list. If there are other social media or full websites I don't list, send them along as well.

The party designations at this time are what I've seen reported or what I've determined based on my observations. These notations do not mean the candidate is endorsed by any political party or group. Once official endorsements are made, these references will be updated to reflect the endorsements. 

Key
* = Incumbent
‡ = On Ballot (Petitions Sufficient)
D= Democratic Party
R= Republican Party
C= Charter Committee (aka Charter Party)
G= Green Party
DSA= Democratic Socialists of America
I= Independent
?= I am speculating based on my reading of the information and observations available to me or unsure.